Moving Words: Young Gymnast Hopes for Olympics

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by Opé on July 30, 2009

Millions of hopeful American youths ride to practice in team vans or their parents’ cars or perhaps they bicycle to a nearby field or gym. Alexis takes the No. 2 subway and the Q35 bus.

Her discipline is rhythmic gymnastics, twirling a ribbon, dancing with a ball, an Olympic sport that is obscure just about everywhere except the old Soviet bloc.

Alexis cannot afford to think about the Olympics themselves, she says softly. She must live within the moment of the music and the rhythm, and not think how she will pay for all this, or when she will sleep.

More: NYTimes

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Benefits of exercise more pronounced for black women

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by Opé on July 29, 2009

If you need more motivation to get moving, a new study published in the August issue of Journal of Lipid Research, finds that black women gain more from exercise than others.

The study followed 8,700 middle-aged men and woman over a 12 year period and provides race and gender specific data on the effects of physical exercise on cholesterol. The results found that women, particularly black women, benefit more from exercise than men.
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Throw a football like Kelly

July 29, 2009
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I came across the picture above of the beautiful Kelly Rowland throwing a football this weekend at the Madden Celebrity Flag Football Game. The event brought hundreds of youth from the LA area to participate in football clinics and other health and fitness activities. Kelly looks like she knows what she’s doing with a football [...]

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Health Watch: Triple Negative Breast Cancer

July 29, 2009

If any of you saw CNN’s “Black in America 2″ series then you may have seen the segment on Dr.Lisa Newman, who journeyed to Ghana to uncover clues about triple negative breast cancer. This rare and difficult to treat form of breast cancer disproportionately affects young black women.

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CDC considers ‘Weight of the Nation’

July 28, 2009
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Picture this: US Senators, House Representatives, Supreme Court Justices et al. gather in the Capitol for an important speech. Instead of the POTUS telling us how our country is doing, it’s the head of the CDC looking to have a heart to heart with the nation about….our weight.

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Trusting our mothers with our bodies

July 28, 2009
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Since starting this blog, I’ve been interested in getting more perspectives on the health of young black women so I’ve decided to include at least one book on black women and our health on my weekly reading list

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POTUS Celebrates the Detroit Shock

July 28, 2009

Yesterday the President invited the winning-est women of the Detroit Shock to the White House to celebrate their third WNBA championship win in six years.
Let me also say something as a father — I was mentioning it to the team before we came out. It’s hard to believe the WNBA has already [...]

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De-clutter your friendships

July 28, 2009
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It’s one thing when you have a dramatic drag out fight that ends a friendship. It can be even more distressing when a relationship dissipates slowly which is what I’ve been experiencing with a close friend lately.

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Anti-Gym CEO slams Dr. Benjamin: “lazy…obese…no chubbies”

July 27, 2009
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I posted last week about the criticisms of Dr. Regina Benjamin, President Obama’s choice for surgeon general. The story went from a few blogs and comments to big news last week. Not surprisingly, the story has been picked up by a lot of mainstream media (how often does the media turn down a chance to [...]

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FDA say No to E-Cigarettes

July 27, 2009
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Last month, Congress passed a bill to give the FDA more power to regulate tobacco. The agency is making good on its new authority and warning consumers of the dangers of electronic cigarettes.
Yep, electronic cigarettes.
When I first got the FDA warning notice, I was a little confused cuz I’d never head of e-ciggies. [...]

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